linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] string: simplify stricmp()

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:57:00 -0200
From:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] string: simplify stricmp()

Removes 32 bytes on core2 with gcc 4.4.1:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   3196       0       0    3196     c7c lib/string-BEFORE.o
   3164       0       0    3164     c5c lib/string-AFTER.o

Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 lib/string.c |   34 +++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index a1cdcfc..0f86245 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -36,25 +36,21 @@ int strnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
 	/* Yes, Virginia, it had better be unsigned */
 	unsigned char c1, c2;
 
-	c1 = c2 = 0;
-	if (len) {
-		do {
-			c1 = *s1;
-			c2 = *s2;
-			s1++;
-			s2++;
-			if (!c1)
-				break;
-			if (!c2)
-				break;
-			if (c1 == c2)
-				continue;
-			c1 = tolower(c1);
-			c2 = tolower(c2);
-			if (c1 != c2)
-				break;
-		} while (--len);
-	}
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	do {
+		c1 = *s1++;
+		c2 = *s2++;
+		if (!c1 || !c2)
+			break;
+		if (c1 == c2)
+			continue;
+		c1 = tolower(c1);
+		c2 = tolower(c2);
+		if (c1 != c2)
+			break;
+	} while (--len);
 	return (int)c1 - (int)c2;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnicmp);
-- 
1.6.6.201.g56119

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